POSSIBLE IDENTIFICATION OF THE INDIVIDUAL WHO KILLED AMBASSADOR JOHN GORDON MEIN

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• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 00599028
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2022
• Document Release Date: April 16, 2018
• Case Number: F-2016-01655
• Publication Date: September 6, 1968

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POSSIBLE IDENTIFICATION OF THE INDIVIDUAL WHO
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VOLUNTEERED THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION REGARDING THE ASSASMATTnu
UV AMBASSADOR JOHN GORDON MEIN ON 28 AUGUST 1968 IN GUATEMALA.
HAD WITNESSED THE ASSASSINATION AND COILD
PROVIDE A GOOD DESCRIPTION OF THE INDIVIDUAL WHO SHOT THE
AMBASSADOR' . WAS SHOWN PHOTOGRAPHS OF LEADING MEMBERS OF
THE REBEL ARMED FORCES (FAR, CUBAN�ORIENTED INSURGENCY MOVEMENT ) .
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AMASSADOR. WHEN HE ARRIVED AT A POS/TION PARALLEL TO THE
. SCENE OF ACTION, HE NOTED THAT THERE WERE TWO ARMED MEN STANDING
NEAR THE AMBASSADOR'S VEHICLE. ONE WAS ARMED WITH A FOREIO-
APPEARING SUMACHIUE GUN WITH A PERFORATED BARREL COVER AZ A'
MACAZ:VE PROTRLOING FROM THE LEFT SIDE. THE SECOND INDIVIDUAL
WAS OARRYINS WHAT APPEARED TO BE A 45. CALIBER PISTOL. THERE
WAS A DISCUSSION BETWEEN THE TWO MEN AND THE AMBASSADOR,
TH17. .7HE ANBASSADOR GOT OUT OF HIS VEHICLE. SHORTLY THEREAFTER
THE AMBASSADOR BEGAUTO RUN, AND THE MAN WITH THE SUBMACHINE GU'
HIM. THE SECOND MAN ALSO BEGAN TO FIRE HIS WEAPON, BUT HE
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APPEARED TO SE SHOOTING IN THE AIR. THE TWO ASSASSINS THEN -
RACED BACK TO A LARGE GREEN AUTOMOBILE, WHICH APPEARED TO HAVE
Sl'EN USED TO FORCE THE AMBASSADOR 'S C1AR TO THE CURB.
THE GRZE1 VEHICLE WAS A LARGE CAR, PROBABLY A 19 68 GRAND PR IX
PONT /AC OR A BUICK . THE GREEN VEHICLE THEN LEFT THE SCENE VIA
12TH. STREET. HE CO LLD ONLY POSITIVELY IDENTIFY THE
ONE VEHICLE USED BY THE ASSASSINS, BUT THAT HIS WIFE, WHO
HAPPT.NED TO BE DRIVING NORTH ON LA REFORMA AVENUE AND WHO
WITNESSED THE ASSASSINATION FROM BEHIND THE AriBASSADOR 'S
VEHICLE, SAID THAT THE TWO MEN HAD GOTTEN OUT OF A VEHICLE
WHICH WAS PARKED BEHIND THE AMBASSADOR'S CAR. THE WIFE DID
NOT IDENTIFY THE VEHICLE PARKED BEHIND THE AMBASSADOR'S CAR.
3. BEFORE HE WAS SHOWN THE PHOTOGRAPHS, DESCRIBED
THE INDIVIDUAL WHO SHOT. AMBASSADOR MEIN AS BEING ABOUT SIX
FEET TALL, HUSKY BUILD, BUSHY OR KINKY HAIR, SIDEBISINS AND A
PUGISH TYPE .NOSE. HE WAS WEARING A GREEN CORDOUROY JACKET.
THE SECOND MAN WITH THE PISTOL WAS DESCR !IAD AS SHORTER AND
THIN:IER WITH A SHARP FACE AND STRAIGHT HAIR. HE WAS DRESSED
IN A GRAY. SHIRT AND DARK TROUSERS.
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